diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index ce6581c8ca26915c1a00f31a9b7605c0cb6c3413..4499bd948860cebe52e7db8aae65b2a16fd1a897 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
     models depending on the codec chip.  The list of available models
     is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt
 
-    The model name "genric" is treated as a special case.  When this
+    The model name "generic" is treated as a special case.  When this
     model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without
     "codec-patch".  It's sometimes good for testing and debugging.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html b/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html
index d9776cf60c07a9b62445174cd6eed64e1e69cb83..9663b45f6fde66ba5d2bb4abdd4b9bf9e651a32b 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ sample data.
 <H4>
 7.2.4 Close Callback</H4>
 The <TT>close</TT> callback is called when this device is closed by the
-applicaion. If any private data was allocated in open callback, it must
+application. If any private data was allocated in open callback, it must
 be released in the close callback. The deletion of ALSA port should be
 done here, too. This callback must not be NULL.
 <H4>